أَغرُّa radiant one تَغذوfeeds الغداةdawn مِنهُfrom him عَلىupon
أَغرُّ تَغذو الغداة مِنهُ عَلى
أَغرwhite-blazed قَدindeed زادَincreased حُسنَهُhis beauty نزقهhis friskiness
أَغر قَد زادَ حُسنَهُ نزقه
A radiant one, from whom dawn draws nourishment, upon
The morning dew feeds his beauty,
a white-blazed steed whose friskiness has enhanced his beauty.
Making the handsome one handsomer.
أَدهمblack-coated تَعشيdazzles العُيونthe eyes غرّتُهhis white blaze
أَدهم تَعشي العُيون غرّتُه
تَحسَبُyou consider لَيلاًnight وَوَجهَهُand his face شفقُهُits twilight
تَحسَبُ لَيلاً وَوَجهَهُ شفقُهُ
Black-coated, his white blaze dazzles the eyes;
His eyes are dark when night falls,
you would think him night, and his face its twilight.
You'd think it was still night though dawn lit his face.
طالَتare long ثَلاثthree مِنهُof him كَماjust as
طالَت ثَلاث مِنهُ كَما
قصرتare short مِنهُof him ثلاثthree وَزانَهُand adorned him شَدَقُهَhis mouth's corner
قصرت مِنهُ ثلاث وَزانَهُ شَدَقُهَ
Three of his features are long, just as
Three marks are long on him,
three are short; his mouth's corner adorns him.
Three short, marked by his cheek stripe,
ذوpossessing شَيبةٍa gray tuft أَشبَعَتdeepened لَهُfor him حلكاblackness
ذو شَيبةٍ أَشبَعَت لَهُ حلكا
وَحافِرٍand a hoof ظَلَremained مُشبَعاًsaturated زرقهits blueness
وَحافِرٍ ظَلَ مُشبَعاً زرقه
With a gray tuft that deepens his blackness,
An old white forelock has fed on his brow,
and a hoof whose blue remains richly saturated.
His hoof remains sated with blueness.
تَمتwere fully formed مَقاديمهhis foreparts وَقَدand already سَتَرَتconcealed
تَمت مَقاديمه وَقَد سَتَرَت
فارمهhis [unclear feature] مُقبِلاًapproaching بِهِwith him عُنقَهُhis neck
فارمه مُقبِلاً بِهِ عُنقَهُ
His foreparts are fully formed; and already concealed
His strides are over, though his neck still thrusts out
by his [unclear feature], as he is brought forward, is his neck.
When urged on, his withers approaching his crupper.
إِذاwhen سَماrose طَرفُهُhis gaze إِلىtoward أَمَدa goal
إِذا سَما طَرفُهُ إِلى أَمَد
قَرَّبَbrought near الشَدَthe gallop مِنهُto him مسحِقُهits distant reach
قَرَّبَ الشَدَ مِنهُ مسحِقُه
When his gaze rises toward a goal,
If his gaze shifts to the faraway,
his gallop brings its distant reach close to him.
He quickens the slow to a canter.
كَأَنَّهُas though he were الريحthe wind حينَwhen تُرسِلُهyou release him
كَأَنَّهُ الريح حينَ تُرسِلُه
أَوor لَمعa flash بَرقlightning إِذاwhen بَداappeared طلقُهُhis full gallop
أَو لَمع بَرق إِذا بَدا طلقُهُ
He is like the wind when you release him,
You'd think him the wind when it sends him away
or lightning's flash when his full gallop appears.
Or lightning's flash when his shoulder blades appear.
لَوif أَنَّthat يَومthe day الرِهانof wagering سابقهraced against him
لَو أَنَّ يَوم الرِهان سابقه
داحِسُهُhis Dāhis جاءَhe came مُحرِزاsecuring سَبَقُهhis racing prize
داحِسُهُ جاءَ مُحرِزا سَبَقُه
If, on the day of wagers, he were raced by
If on race day his rival outstripped him at first,
his Dāhis, he would come away having won the prize.
He'd overtake him and gain the prize of the run.
يَنسابُglides كَالأَينlike weariness تَحتَbeneath راكبهhis rider
يَنسابُ كَالأَين تَحتَ راكبه
وَتارَةًand sometimes يَستَطيرهsends him flying عَنَقُهhis swift trot
وَتارَةً يَستَطيره عَنَقُه
He glides, as if weary, beneath his rider,
He flows like a river beneath his rider
and at times his swift trot sends him flying.
Then sometimes his neck makes him take to the air.
تَخالَهُyou imagine him السَهمthe arrow عِندَat حربَتِهِhis spear
تَخالَهُ السَهم عِندَ حربَتِهِ
يَسبقoutstrips لَحظَthe glance العُيونof the eyes ممترقُهُhis darting passage
يَسبق لَحظَ العُيون ممترقُهُ
You would think him an arrow at his spear-thrust;
You'd think him an arrow alongside its notch
his darting passage outruns the eyes' glance.
Outstripping the glances of eyes in its smoothness.
تَطيبare noble أَعراقهhis bloodlines لَدىin regard to نَسبpedigree
تَطيب أَعراقه لَدى نَسب
الخَيلof horses وَفيand in الجَريrunning طيبَis sweet عرقُهُhis sweat
الخَيل وَفي الجَري طيبَ عرقُهُ
His bloodlines are noble in the pedigree
His forelegs are supple when mares are in season,
of horses; and in running his sweat is sweet.
In running, his sweat is the best kind of scent.
رَحيبbroad مَجرىthe course الحُزامof the girth مجفرهhis barrel
رَحيب مَجرى الحُزام مجفره
أَجَشhusky صَوتَthe sound الصَهيلof neighing صَهصلقُهhis loud cry
أَجَش صَوتَ الصَهيل صَهصلقُه
His barrel is broad where the girth passes;
Capacious the span of his belt and his shoulders,
his loud neigh has a husky sound.
Loud the ring of the bells on his bridle.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.